Experiences and Perceptions of Medical Discrimination Among a Multiethnic Sample of Breast Cancer Patients in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California
Author(s) -
Thu Quach,
Amani NuruJeter,
Pagan Morris,
Laura Allen,
Sarah J. Shema,
June K. Winters,
Gem M. Le,
Scarlett Lin Gomez
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300554
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , ethnic group , biopsychosocial model , breast cancer , medicine , population , focus group , immigration , gerontology , clinical psychology , health care , racism , psychology , cancer , psychiatry , environmental health , political science , law , archaeology , marketing , sociology , anthropology , economics , business , history , economic growth
We conducted qualitative interviews with breast cancer survivors to identify themes related to institutional, personally mediated, and internalized discrimination in the medical setting.
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